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Southwest Airlines’ New Jamaica Flights

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - June 22, 2019 - 3:45 pm

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Montego Bay’s 2019 airlift boom has continued with the launch of a new nonstop Southwest Airlines route.

The low-cost carrier has officially launched a new weekly route from St. Louis, MO to Montego Bay, Jamaica’s tourism hub.

The flights are operating once every week on Saturdays.

The new service departs St. Louis at 9 AM, arriving in Montego Bay at 12:35 PM local time. The return route from Montego Bay departs at 1:30 PM, arriving in St. Louis at 5:10 PM.

Southwest Airlines is operating the service on Boeing 737-700 aircraft with 143 seats.

— CJ

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